Description

Innovations in Surgery is a series of CME-certified webcasts that allow participants to view prerecorded demonstrations and discussions of new and innovative minimally invasive procedures, devices, and techniques. The monthly series of archived webcasts features presentations by and discussions with nationally renowned experts at prestigious medical centers.

Learning Objectives

Target Audience

These activities are directed to practicing surgeons and other health practitioners who care for patients undergoing minimally invasive surgery.

Accreditation

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.

CME Disclaimer

The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CME activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In no event will The Cleveland Clinic Foundation be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this CME activity.

Disclosures

In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.

The following faculty have indicated that they may have a relationship which, in the context of their presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Steven D. Wexner, MD

Actamax Surgical Materials, LLC

Consulting

Asana Medical

Ownership interest (stock, stock options)

Axonics; Brace Pharmaceuticals; CRH Medical

Consulting

Covidien

Intellectual property rights (Royalties or patent sales)

Incontinence Devices, Inc.

Consulting

Intuitive Surgical

Ownership interest (stock, stock options)

Karl Storz Endoscopy America, Inc.

Consulting;
Intellectual property rights (Royalties or patent sales)

LifeBond

Consulting; Ownership interest (stock, stock options)

Mederi Therapeutics; Medtronic; Novadaq

Consulting

Conor P. Delaney, MD, MCh, PhD

Merck

Advising on trial development; Teaching and Speaking

Recro Pharma, Inc.

Consulting; Clinical trial development

The following faculty have indicated that they have no relationship which, in the context of their presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Adrian Park, MD
Philip R. Schauer, MD

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
acknowledges educational grants for partial support of this activity from:Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
Medtronic
Olympus Corporation of the Americas